UN: Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued over last weekend

NEW YORK - The International Organization for Migration reported that nearly 9,000 migrants were rescued over the past Easter weekend by individual nongovernment organizations and by the international flotilla, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday.

Weakening Syria's government may help IS group, report says

ISTANBUL, Turkey - The Islamic State group could inadvertently benefit from a situation in which Syrian government forces are considerably weakened on the ground, a London-based military analysis group said on Tuesday.

US reassures Japan of resolve on DPRK

Visiting US Vice-President Mike Pence said in Tokyo on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is determined to work closely with Japan, the Republic of Korea, other allies in the region and China to achieve a peaceable solution and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

British PM May calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand

Theresa May, the British prime minister, said on Tuesday that she will call for a general election on June 8.

Thorny road ahead for Erdogan

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's tight victory in Sunday's referendum may not allow him to move freely in expanding his powers, analysts pointed out on Tuesday. An unofficial tally gave Erdogan's "yes" vote a narrow win, with 51.4 percent approving a series of constitutional changes converting Turkey's parliamentary system to a presidential one.

US sends 1,000 Marines to Darwin, in a largest deployment since WWII

CANBERRA - More than 1,000 US Marines arrived in Darwin on Tuesday as part of a rotation of forces to be stationed in northern Australia.

At 117, Jamaican woman becomes world's oldest

DUANVALE, Jamaica - Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugar cane in the fields around her home in Jamaica. She attended church regularly, avoids pork and chicken and celebrated her 117th birthday last month.

Australia scraps skilled migrant visa to protect jobs

CANBERRA, Australia - The country's skilled migrant visa will be abolished in favor of a new "Australians first" approach, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

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How Spain became transplant leader

MADRID - Juan Benito Druet has just learned that his life may be about to change.

Volcanic island may hold key to coral survival

SHIKINE ISLAND, Japan - The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say.

Experiment offers income for a year

BERLIN - Miko may only be 5, but he already has 1,000 euros ($1,063) per month to live on - not from hard work, but as part of an experiment into universal basic income.